This is BNSF

BNSF Railway is one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies, with a rail network of 32,500 route miles in 28 states and three Canadian provinces.

As a global leader in intermodal transportation (the transport of truck trailers and containers by rail), BNSF delivers a variety of domestic and internationally produced consumer goods, including clothes, computers, electronics, automobiles, packaged goods, paper products and more.

Beyond the Contract

NorthPoint Development is a privately held real estate development company specializing in complex master-planned projects. NorthPoint has logistics-oriented developments in 11 markets across the United States and serves as the real estate developer for Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC), a 1,700-acre inland distribution hub that includes a public private partnership and BNSF’s newest intermodal facility. Typical discussions with prospective tenants include decreasing operating costs, matching empty containers with export loads, decreased drayage expenses and increasing utilization of domestic intermodal services. For lower volume shippers, typical savings represent 30 – 40 percent of the total costs of occupancy. For higher volume shippers, combined savings can represent the entire cost of occupancy.

JLL is a financial and professional services firm that specializes in commercial real estate services. Our 50,000 people across 1,000 locations in 70 countries serve the local, regional and global real estate needs of corporations and investors, delivering integrated commercial real estate services built on insight and foresight, sound market research and relevant knowledge.

JLL’s Kansas City brokerage team has been involved in excess of 3,000 sales and leasing transactions, totaling over $1.5 billion in value.

Kevin Wilkerson and Phillip Algrim are the exclusive agents for Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC) and are part of the JLL’s Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions team.

The City of Edgerton has limitless potential and promising possibilities and is open for opportunity. New roads, projects and opportunities are paving the way for a bright future in Edgerton. Development is welcomed here.

Unlike other communities, the City of Edgerton understands how to eliminate the challenges of the development process. Edgerton is ready to assess and review your project plan, provide a realistic timeline that will be required and outline any fees that you will incur as a result of your development progressing through each step of the process so there are no surprises.

Hickey & Associates is a global site selection, public incentive advisory and labor analytics company with active projects in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa. Utilizing state-of-the-art tools and techniques, H&A assists businesses in determining the best location to expand, relocate or consolidate anywhere in the world.

For the past 30 years, H&A has been assisting companies to secure, manage, and administer in excess of $2 billion in Public Incentive Partnerships. Offering experience in every major sector, Hickey & Associates has developed a proprietary model that streamlines the process of incentive identification, negotiation and delivery. Their site selection and public incentives experts are based in key strategic markets to maximize your business goals with enhanced local knowledge and client service.

In 2014, Kansas was named as the No. 5 “Pro-Business State” by Pollina Corporate Real Estate Inc. The ranking is based on 32 factors controlled by state government, including taxes, human resources, education, right-to-work legislation, energy costs, infrastructure spending, workers compensation laws, economic incentive programs and state economic development efforts.

In addition to the recognition by Pollina, Area Development magazine recently gave Kansas a Silver Shovel Award, which recognizes state economic development agencies that drive significant job creation

ElevateEdgerton! is a public-private economic development partnership serving as the proactive advocate for the economic advancement of the City of Edgerton, Kansas. ElevateEdgerton! initiates programs and services to attract and retain business, encourages diverse development by partnering with allies and ensures Edgerton stays a pro-business community. The partnership provides high-value opportunities to investors through promotion and communication, networking and leadership.

KC SmartPort is a non-profit economic development organization. They work to attract freight-based companies, such as manufacturing, distribution and warehouses to the Kansas City region.

Smart Warehousing, a third party logistics provider and warehousing services company, is the initial and exclusive 3PL provider at LPKC. Relocating some of its existing, local warehousing facilities to LPKC significantly improved operating efficiencies for current and future clients. The state-of-the-art facility at LPKC and intermodal location allows Smart Warehousing to increase its menu of 3PL offerings while proving a more economical solution for its customers.